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33 .Nd IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID controller driver
40 driver claims to support the
42 (now Adaptec) ServeRAID series
45 Some supported devices include:
60 Newer ServeRAID controllers are supported by the
66 These cards come with a built in configuration utility stored in
67 the firmware known as the
69 This utility is accessed with the
71 key combination during the initial card
74 It is highly recommended that this utility be used to configure the card
75 before attempting to diagnose the below error messages.
79 driver can have difficulties attaching during
80 the system initialization period.
81 To avoid these difficulties, set the
87 prevents the driver from attaching.
89 If you see occasional iobuf errors on the console after
93 are issued, you can try setting
94 .Dl debug.ips.ignore_flush_cmd
97 and see if that stops it.
100 command to change this setting after boot.
102 Several error codes may be shown when the card initializes the
105 utility and are independent of
108 .It ips%d: failed to get adapter configuration data from device
109 .It ips%d: failed to get drive configuration data from device
111 Unable to obtain adapter or drive configuration.
112 .It ips%d iobuf error
114 A buffer input/output error has occurred.
117 .Ss General adapter errors:
119 .It Attaching bus failed
121 This message is undocumented.
122 .It WARNING: command timeout. Adapter is in toaster mode, resetting
124 A command timeout has caused the adapter to be reset.
125 .It AIEE! adapter reset failed, giving up and going home! Have a nice day
127 An error occurred while attempting to reset the adapter.
128 .It unable to get adapter configuration
129 .It unable to get drive configuration
131 There was an error when attempting to get configuration information.
132 .It Adapter error during initialization.
133 .It adapter initialization failed
135 There was an error while attempting to initialize the adapter.
136 .It adapter failed config check
137 .It adapter clear failed
139 There was an error while checking the adapter.
140 .It device is disabled
142 The adapter is disabled.
143 .It resource allocation failed
144 .It irq allocation failed
147 The driver was unable to allocate resources for the device.
149 .Ss Error messages due to DMA:
151 .It can't alloc command dma tag
152 .It can't alloc SG dma tag
153 .It can't alloc dma tag for statue queue
156 Failure to map or allocate DMA resources.
158 .Ss Cache, buffer, and command errors:
160 .It failed to initialize command buffers
161 .It no mem for command slots!
168 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't flush cache!
169 .It ERROR: cache flush command failed!
170 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't update nvram
171 .It ERROR: nvram update command failed!
172 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
173 .It ERROR: cache sync command failed!
174 .It ERROR: unable to get a command! can't sync cache!
175 .It ERROR: etable command failed!
178 Unlike many of the other
184 driver does not use the
197 driver was written by
201 .An Scott Long Aq scottl@FreeBSD.org .
203 This manual page was written by
204 .An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org .